Math PhD · Embedded C/C++ developer
Mathematician (PhD, postdoc) transitioning into C/C++ development.
Hands-on experience with C++20 (research software and personal projects) and bare-metal development in C on STM32 (HAL, CubeMX, I2C/SPI/UART, sensors and I/O devices). Currently developing an STM32 C driver library. Also built a real-time C++ raytracer (60 fps on the CPU, profiled and optimised).
Background: 6 years of mathematical research (PhD and postdoc) in differential geometry, gauge theory, nonlinear ODE/PDE systems and numerical methods, including numerical solvers written in C++ and Python.
Targeting C/C++ roles in sensor fusion, control, DSP, or numerical simulation.
C driver library for external devices. Implements a platform-agnostic device interface; provides adapters for the STM32 HAL (I2C/SPI) and a simulated device. First driver: Invensense MPU-60X0 (burst reads, data-ready interrupts; rates, clocks, power modes, filters set via enums). Hardware logging via UART.
| stack | CSTM32 HALI2CSPIUSART |
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| repo | msobak/EmbeddedDeviceDrivers |
| details | full description → |
Real-time C++ relativistic raytracer running at 60 fps at 800×800 on the CPU, built on a templated tensor math library and an adaptive Runge-Kutta solver written from scratch.
| stack | C++20numerical solversImGuiCMake |
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| repo | msobak/SpacetimeRaytracer |
| details | full description → |
Interactive nonlinear ODE solver (C++, ImGui / ImPlot) supplementing my paper Static spherically symmetric electroweak models with fermions. Built on a custom math library written from scratch.
| stack | C++20numerical solversImGuiImPlotCMake |
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| repo | msobak/SphSymSM |
| details | full description → |
| Category | Items |
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| Programming languages | CC++Python |
| Embedded | STM32 (HAL, CubeMX, Nucleo-F446RE)bare-metalI2C, SPI, UARTsensors and I/O devices |
| Tools | LinuxGitCMakeGDBOpenOCDPerfCatch2/Unity (testing)LaTeX |
| Mathematics | differential geometrygauge theoryLie groups (quaternions and rotation representations)nonlinear ODE systemsmathematical physicsnumerical analysis |
| Computer science | data structures and algorithms (150+ LeetCode problems solved) |
| Languages | English (fluent)German (elementary)Croatian (native) |
| Soft skills | scientific/technical writingpublic presentations |
| Period | Role | Highlights | ||||||
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| 2026 – ongoing | Embedded C & C++ projects Personal projects, Austria |
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| 03/2024 – 09/2026 | Postdoctoral Researcher, MathematicsUniversity of Vienna, Austria |
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| 10/2020 – 02/2024 | Doctoral Researcher, Mathematics (Dr. rer. nat.) University of Münster, Germany |
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| 2018 – 2020 | M.Sc., Mathematics Lund University, Sweden |
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| 2015 – 2018 | B.Sc., Applied MathematicsLinnaeus University, Sweden |
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| Period | Topic |
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| 2024 – 2026 | Standard Model · Systematic analysis of the Standard Model of particle physics as a geometric gauge theory, and analysis of the associated Euler-Lagrange equations |
| 2020 – 2024 | Einstein-Yang-Mills wormholes · Analysis of the Einstein field equations coupled to an SU(2) Yang-Mills field and a phantom field. |
| 2019 – 2021 | p-Harmonic functions · Study and construction of p-harmonic functions on Riemannian manifolds |
Full list: All 9 papers → · Google Scholar →
| Year | Talk |
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| 2025 | Geometry of the Standard Model · Masterclass Mathematical Physics, University of Vienna |
| 2024 | Haunted Einstein-Yang-Mills wormholes · Nonlinear Waves and Relativity, ESI, Vienna · recording |
Open to C/C++ roles, available now. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
Send an emailDownload CV (PDF)
marko.sobak1@gmail.com · codeberg.org/msobak